ORGANIZATION

National Restaurant Association

trade association · DC

14LDA FILINGS
34LOBBYISTS
0FLY-INS

Federal Lobbying Spend

$4.8M

Total LDA-disclosed spend (in-house + retained) across all reported periods.

Most recent LDA filing posted April 2026.

Likely Asks (from LD-2 filings)

1
reauthorizeof the Farm Bill×10

Topics in Filings

95

Policy topics named in LD-2 filings. This org's filings are topical rather than positional — these are the issues it's actively lobbying on, even without a stated verb of position.

Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act×20
Faster Labor Contracts Act×12
No Tax on Tips Act×12
Asylum reform×10
Business meals deduction×10
Children and Teens' Online Privacy Protection Act×10
Credit Card Competition Act×10
Data privacy issues×10
Department of Labor policies×10
FDA Traceability Rule×10
FICA tax tip credit×10
Food and nutrition policy×10
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Food safety, labeling, pricing, and packaging issues×10
Immigration reform×10
Legal Pathways for Workers initiative×10
Make America Healthy Again proposals×10
Proposed illegal fishing×10
Reduce Food Loss and Waste Act×10
Richard L×10
Save Local Business Act×10
TEENS Act×10
Tipped Employee Protection Act×10
Trade policies×10
Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act×10
Wage/tip credit legislative proposals×10
Workforce development issues×10
Heat Workforce Standards Act×9
Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act×9
Nomination of Crystal Carey to be the General Counsel of the NLRB×9
Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit Extension and Enhancement Act×9
SALT Act×9
Swipe fees×9
Visa lawsuit×9
American Franchise Act×8
Charitable contributions, including charitable deduction floor for corporations×8
Full expensing deduction×8
Nomination of James Murphy and Scott Mayer to National Labor Relations Board×8
App Store Accountability Act×7
Better Food Disclosure Act×7
Common Cents Act×7
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act×7
Food Traceability Enhancement Act×7
Import ban on blue swimming crab×7
No. 119-21×7
Parents Over Platforms Act×7
Restaurant Meals Program×7
Rural Development×7
Tax reconciliation×7
Trade Review Act×7
Business interest expense provision×6
Draft GLBA data privacy×6
Food Ingredient Transparency Act×6
Food, and National Security Act×6
FY2027, provisions regarding FDA Traceability×6
Hemp Planting Predictability Act×6
Main Street Tax Certainty Act×6
McSCUSE ME Act×6
No Tax on Overtime for All Workers Act×6
Prove It Act×6
Qualified business income deduction×6
Restaurant Meals Program Reform×6
Save Our Shrimpers Act×6
USMCA Travel and Tourism Resiliency Act×6
General extensions of tax policy×4
Import tariffs on food products and disruptions to supply chains×4
One Big Beautiful Bill Act×4
Visa worker programs, including H2B cap relief×4
Work Opportunity Tax Credit×4
AIMM Act×3
ALIGN Act×3
American Privacy Rights Act×3
Bonus depreciation×3
Extension/enhancement of the Employee Retention Tax Credit×3
IRS tax enforcement, and ERTC refund improvements×3
Net Investment Income Tax×3
Paid leave legislative proposals×3
Service Industry Tip Compliance Agreement×3
Working Families Flexibility Act×3
America Data Privacy and Protection Act×2
Business SALT deduction×2
Community News and Small Business Support Act×2
Deductibility of meals provided to employees×2
Dignity Act×2
Estate and gift tax×2
Food tracing×2
GENIUS Act×2
/PL 119-21×1
Charitable contributions×1
Death Tax Repeal Act×1
District of Columbia Local Funds Act, 2025×1
Estate tax repeal proposals×1
FY2026 Continuing Appropriations, provisions regarding FDA Traceability×1
FY2026, provisions regarding FDA Traceability×1
Patent Eligibility Restoration Act×1
PREVAIL Act×1

Bills in Play

50

Bills referenced in this org's LD-2 filing text. Frequency = how many activities reference each.

H.R. 5494

16 mentions

S. 129

12 mentions

H.R. 2312

10 mentions

S. 844

10 mentions

H.R. 20

10 mentions

S. 835

10 mentions

H.R. 482

9 mentions

H.R. 1177

9 mentions

H.R. 996

9 mentions

S. 400

9 mentions

H.R. 2952

9 mentions

H.R. 3545

9 mentions

H.R. 4366

8 mentions

H.R. 5408

8 mentions

H.R. 5267

8 mentions

S. 836

8 mentions

H.R. 3074

8 mentions

S. 1525

8 mentions

S. 3122

7 mentions

H.R. 6213

7 mentions
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S. 1272

7 mentions

H.R. 6291

7 mentions

H.R. 6333

7 mentions

H.R. 3149

7 mentions

S. 1586

7 mentions

S. 213

6 mentions

S. 492

6 mentions

H.R. 5475

6 mentions

H.R. 1163

6 mentions

H.R. 7454

6 mentions

S. 3787

6 mentions

H.R. 7567

6 mentions

H.R. 2071

6 mentions

H.R. 7024

6 mentions

H.R. 6657

6 mentions

S. 3240

6 mentions

H.R. 7035

6 mentions

H.R. 703

3 mentions

S. 559

3 mentions

S. 187

3 mentions

H.R. 1753

2 mentions

S. 1582

2 mentions

H.R. 4393

2 mentions

H.R. 2299

1 mention

S. 1077

1 mention

H.R. 1301

1 mention

S. 587

1 mention

H.R. 4121

1 mention

S. 2256

1 mention

H.R. 5371

1 mention

Lobbyists on Record

34
JON ADAME · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former CoS, LD, GC (Sen. Blackburn); Counsel (Rep. Bla…
LAUREN ARONSON · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Dir (Office of Legis, CMS); Prof Staff Mem, (Ho…
JOSEPH BROWN · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Sr Prof Staff (EPW Comm Maj/Sen. Moore Capito);…
ERICA CHABOT · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Staff Dir (Sen Ag Comm); Dep CoS (Senate Consul…
STEPHEN COTE · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Staff Dir/Shrd Emp (House Fin Srvs/McHenry), St…
NICHOLE DISTEFANO · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former LD, Sr Csl, Csl (Senator McCaskill); Assoc Admi…
SAGE EASTMAN · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Strategy Dir, Dep Staff Dir (Maj), Sr Adv (Hous…
ELISE FINLEY PICKERING · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Exec Dir (House Repub Pol C); CoS (Rep. Shadegg…
EARL FLOOD · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Dep. CoS, LD (Rep. Robin Kelly); Health Pol Adv…
LISA GOLDMAN · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Sr Counsel, House Comm on Energy & Commerce; Ch…
ROSEMARY GUTIERREZ · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Dep COS, Leg Dir (Senator Cantwell); Prof staff…
ZACHARY MALLOVE · Mehlman Consulting, Inc.former Sr Pol Adv, LA, Leg. Aide (Senator Murray); Leg…

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